Zandria F. Robinson / MLK50Jan 10, 2024
A Memphis-born writer reflects on his spirit, his gruesome death, his family and the burning left in the rest of us Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )
MLK50 Staff / MLK50: Justice Through JournalismJan 27, 2023
A primer for those unfamiliar with Memphis's' history of demonstrations—and police’s history of surveillance. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Nicholas BuccolaDec 13, 2019
The conservative author often shared the same goals as white supremacists—a reality that was not lost on his greatest intellectual rival. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Maya Miller and Beena Raghavendran / ProPublicaSep 13, 2019
Low-income patients are overcoming stigmas about poverty to speak out about nonprofit hospitals that sue them. Officials are noticing. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
The Associated PressApr 14, 2019
Tornadoes and high winds leave a trail of destruction through Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Georgia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanApr 26, 2018
The president's crackdown on immigrants and his dislike for the news media collided in Memphis as a well-known journalist was arrested while covering a protest against immigration detention. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigOct 24, 2013
Elsa Cruz filed a federal lawsuit in New York this week, months after police shot her husband dead. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigJan 28, 2013
As Southern whites sink into economic and cultural despair, more and more are retreating into a fictional past. They ignore Confederate atrocities in a desperate effort to restore what they view as a lost paradise. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 21, 2013
"Democracy Now!" featured a lengthy tribute to the civil rights icon in a 2012 broadcast, including footage of several inspiring moments such as his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, a year before his death, and his last speech, from April 3, 1968.Footage includes several inspiring moments such as his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, a year before his death, and his last speech, from April 3, 1968. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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